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Voices for Peace

by Sepideh Saremi - Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:16 -0700

Here’s an Iranian collaboration that’s both impressive and easy to support. Voices for Peace is a PSA featuring some prominent Iranian-American faces, all against war on Iran. Take a look, and pass it on.
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Today Only: See Marzieh Vafamehr’s Sundance Short Online

by Sepideh Saremi - Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:31:29 -0800

The Sundance film festival’s website is in the midst of 10 Shorts/10 Days, and today they’re streaming Marzieh Vafamehr’s 21-minute movie about the Iran-Iraq war, “Wind, Ten Years Old.” The film takes place mostly in a  girls’ school, and it’s pretty jarring to hear little girls singing war propaganda songs. But the film will be […]

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Iranian Defense Contractor Open for Retail?

by Sepideh Saremi - Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:37:08 -0700

Diomil, according to a reliable U.S. Army source that just sent Pars Arts this information, is an Iranian weapons contractor/IRI branch that appears to allow anyone with a credit card and a mailing address outside of the U.S., Syria, or Iraq to order military weapons. The same source tells me it’s quite rare for most […]

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Frontline: Showdown With Iran

by Javod Khalaj - Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:42:59 -0700

On October 23rd, PBS will begin airing a Frontline examination of U.S.-Iranian relations, ominously called Showdown With Iran.
The title and previews for this show seem to beat war drums; I’m encouraged only by the fact that PBS is airing this special. PBS has a long history of being even-handed in its political coverage and I […]

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The Iran-Iraq Border is Beautiful

by Sepideh Saremi - Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:00:55 -0700

A soldier serving in Iraq right now sent this photo of the Iran-Iraq border (click on the image for a larger version). We can’t say who he is or where exactly this photo was taken, but he says this field is in a river valley in eastern Iraq; the river’s not pictured but apparently it […]

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